making way for Mr. Simons, who reportedly had a noncompete agreement with Dior that prevented him from joining Calvin Klein until this month. Calvin Klein had sales of $8.2 billion in 2015 and has publicly declared its ambitions to grow to $10 billion.
Mr. Simons will “oversee all aspects of design, global marketing and communications, and visual creative services,” the company said. And his long-term collaborator, Pieter Mulier, was named Calvin Klein’s creative director.
The first test will come next year, when Mr. Simons presents his men’s and women’s fall collections for Calvin Klein.